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JONATHAN E. BILLUPS, OF CARDIFF ENGLAND.

CROSSING FOR RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,399, dated December 12, 1893.

Application filed May 9, 1893. Serial No.473,630- (N0 model.)

September 3, 1891,No. 67,225 in Belgium September 7,1891,

Patentedin England December 1, 1890, No. 19,575 i in Germany No. 96,300; in $outh African Republic (Transvaal) December 11,

1891,110- 306; in Cape Colony December 29, 1891,No. 728; in France March 10, 1892, No. 220,038, and in Argentine Republic June 10, 1892,170. 1,162.

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JONATHAN EDWIN BIL- LUPS, asubject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Cardiff, in the county of Glamorgan, Wales, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crossings for Railways and Tramways, (for which I have obtained patents in the following countries, viz: Great Britain, No. 19,575, bearing date December 1, 1890; France, No. 220,038, hearing date March 10, 1892; Belgium, No. 96,300, hearing date September 7, 1891; Germany, No. 67,225, bearing date September 3, 1891; Cape Colony, No. 728, bearing date December 29, 1891; South African Republic, (Transvaal,) No. 306, hearing date December 11, 1891, and Argentine Republic, No. 1,162, bearing date June 10, 1892,) of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is the construction of an improved form of crossing to be employed with the Barlow and similar sections of rail. The Barlow and similar sections of rail require no sleepers, forming in themselves a continuous sleeper and rail co mbined, and for this reason are particularly applicable for use in hot climates and for the construction of railways through wild and thiniypopulatedcountry. Hithertot-he crossings used with such rails have been made of a dilferent section, which has formed an objection to their use, but by the employment of my invention this difficulty is overcome.

Referring to the drawings, which form part of this specification, Figures 1, l and 1 are a plan, showing my method ofconstructing a crossing for a Barlow rail. Figs. 2 and 3 are cross-sections through W W and V V respectively in Fig. 1.

The said improved crossing consists of a set of three steel castings, made to match the section of the rail.

The center casting shown in Fig. 1 is narrow in the center and spreads outward toward each end to the required width for eflfecting a junction with two rails. At one end it is cast with two rail heads A A which unite in a point A andat the other end with two heads A A which when they meet the point A diverge into wing rails L L. Fig. 2 is a crosssection through the said point and wing rails, B B being the curved side flanges, similar to those employed on the rail itself.

The side castings shown in Figs. 1 and 1 are similar to each other and consist of a casting having a rail head A and aguard rail M; A cross-section through the center is shown in Fig. 3. The curved side flange B is similar to that of the general rail section,but the other flange B is made vertical as shown. At the ends of the casting, however, this vertical flange merges into a curved form as shown, so that the casting becomes of correct shape for joining on to the rail. Any suitable kind of fastening may be employed, but by preference I use my improved fastening consisting of specially shaped plates, secured by hollow slotted bolts cut with right and left-hand threads and subsequently plugged.

In place of castings, the three parts of the crossing may,if preferred, be made of wrought iron, or steel. the necessary shape being obtained partly by rolling and partly by machining. These castings or forgings, by reason of their shape, are, like the rails, self supporting on the ballast and require no sleepers. The gage of the crossing is shown as preserved by means of my improved ties b 17.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a railway or tramway, a crossing consisting of a center casting or forging formed in one piece with curved side supporting flanges B B, rail heads A A at one end, converging to a point A, rail heads A A at. the other end, diverging into wingrails L L, and two side castings or forgings each formed in one piece, with a curved side flange B, a vertical flange B, merging at the ends into a curved flange, a rail head A, and guard rail M, all three said castings or forging's terminating in a section similar to that of the rail to be united thereto, substantially as described.

2. The combination witha Barlow .orsirnilar section of rail, of a crossing consisting of a center casting or forging formedin one piece similar to that of the rail to be united therewith curved side supporting flanges 13 B, rail to, substantially as described.

heads A A at one end, converging to a. point In witness whereof I have hereunto set my A, rail heads A A at the other end, diverghand in presence of two witnesses.

5 ing into Wing rails L L, and two side castings J. E. BILLUPS.

0r forgings each formed in one piece with a- Witnesses: curved side flange B, a vertical flange B, THOMAS P. EDMUNDS, merging at the ends into a curved flange, a 14 Talbot Street, Gard 1277. mil head A and guard rail M, all three said ALFRED V. DASLEPER,

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